Setting up multiple cameras for the car

In this recipe, we will demonstrate how you can set up different cameras at different positions to be utilized within the game. We will demonstrate some of the basic views such as First Person and Third Person as well as the popular Wheel rim camera usually used in action replays in various other media.

Getting ready

Complete the Creating a new car XML recipe. Then open MyVehicle.xml in Notepad or an equivalent editor.

How to do it...

First Person Camera:

1. After the Creating a new car XML recipe, we should already have the majority of what we need in the <Seats> cells. For our first camera, we will utilize the <View class="FirstPerson"> cell to make a new first person camera that we can also look around with.

2. First, we will need a new Helper. Copy the following into the <Helpers> cells:

   <Helper name="driver_view" position="-0.75,0.35,2.0" direction="0,1,0" part="body"/>

3. Now, define this driver_view helper in the empty FirstPerson.helper...